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By: Dutton (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) |
H.B. No. 755 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2007; |
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May 2, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Health |
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and Human Services; May 16, 2007, reported favorably by the |
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following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 16, 2007, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to disciplinary action taken against a person required to |
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file a death certificate. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 193, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 193.0041 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 193.0041. DISCIPLINARY ACTION PROHIBITED. A state |
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agency that licenses a person required to file a death certificate |
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under this chapter may not take disciplinary action against the |
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person for failure to timely file the certificate if the person |
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supplies written documentation that the person has made a good |
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faith effort to file the certificate within the time required by |
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Section 193.003(a) and the failure to timely file the certificate |
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results from circumstances beyond the person's control. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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